• Eddbopkins@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Back in 1945 you know how many people America took in who did any kind of scientific work. wernher von braun may be the most famous. That was just to insure that America would be leaders in the world. Now it doesn’t seem America wants to have anything to do with leading the world in any field to progresses america as a country.

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      4 days ago

      Wernher Von Braun? This one?! Hahahah

      Gather 'round while I sing you of Wernher von Braun A man whose allegiance Is ruled by expedience Call him a Nazi, he won’t even frown “Ha, Nazi, Schmazi” says Wernher von Braun

      Don’t say that he’s hypocritical Say rather that he’s apolitical “Once the rockets are up, who cares where they come down? That’s not my department” say Wernher von Braun

  • Ms. ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zip
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    I’m doing my part fleeing to Sweden, granted I’m a programmer and game dev so not a scientist. I’m done letting the US profit off my skills though

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      4 days ago

      Don’t forget to get rid of your US citizenship or they’ll still profit off your work.

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        i thought it was just that if the country you’re in taxed you less than what the US would, then you have to pay the difference to the IRS?

        … and there’s no way in hell the US taxes less than sweden (and for anyone that hasn’t had an ice pick lobotomy that’s a good thing)

        *edit: foreign tax credit

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          That’s correct. You’d have to be earning way, WAY over the average Swedish salary before you start owing the IRS anything. That said, I wouldn’t put it past Trump to remove the foreign earned income exclusion to coerce people into moving back to the US as part of the ”trade war” nonsense.

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      5 days ago

      I assume you’re taking a big hit salary-wise (a trade-off I would make, for the record).

      • Whelks_chance@lemmy.world
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        5 days ago

        Cost of living. You earn a lot less in Europe/ UK, but you pay far less to have a basic standard of living, and enjoy the safety net.

      • Ms. ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zip
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        Well I’m going back to school there first to get an actual degree. After that though yeah I’m expecting to make around 1/3 what I am currently, between switching countries and going from automation engineering to level design. I think it’ll be a worthwhile trade-off too

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          5 days ago

          If you take into account all the things you don’t have to pay, that salary is not that low

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    $16M for 3 scientists for 3 years? I hope those scientists are bringing their whole labs with them?

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      5 days ago

      i hope they are engineers or doctors. not the “science” of gender studies. lol